- Alexander Mavrocordatos
Count Alexander Mavrocordatos, _el. Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος, "Aleksandros Mavrokordatos", Romanian: "Alexandru Mavrocordat", Turkish: "Aleksandro Mavrokordato"; ca.1636-1709) was a member of the Greek
Mavrocordatos Phanariote family and "dragoman " to SultanMehmed IV in 1673 - notably employed in negotiations with theHabsburg Monarchy during theGreat Turkish War .His father Nicolas Mavrocordatos had been merchant from
Chios , a member of the numerous Mavrocordatos clan there, and settled toIstanbul . Young Alexander studied at several schools inside and outside theOttoman Empire , and was awarded the degree of Doctor ofphilosophy andmedicine at theUniversity of Bologna . He then launched a career in Ottoman administration.Alexander Mavrocordatos was the person who drew up the
Treaty of Karlowitz (1699). He became a secretary of state and was created a "Reichsgraf" of theHoly Roman Empire . His authority, with that ofAmcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha andRami Paşa , was supreme at the court of sultanMustafa II , and he did much to ameliorate the condition ofChristian s in theOttoman Empire . He was disgraced in 1703, but was later recalled to court by SultanAhmed III .He started a princely branch of the
Mavrocordatos family, through his marriage with aMoldavia n princess, [Genealogics descent|id=00472617|name=Sultane Chrysokoule (Chrysovelounis) of Wallachia] , who was a granddaughter of PrinceAlexandru Iliaş and Moldavia (a member of theMuşatin family).Alexander also wrote several historical, grammatical, and other treatises. His son,
Nicholas Mavrocordato , rose to be ultimately appointed grand "dragoman" to the "Divan " (1697), and, in 1708, became Prince of Moldavia by order of the Ottoman sultan.References
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